The archive of the forgotten

Spirituals

Everyone knows not to ask too much of yourself, alas, Pollux hasn't ever been everyone. And he also didn't give a fuck about the opinions of those typical everyone's. Which to be honest, might've been better if he did give a fuck, but we aren't here to dwell on such things.
I would've told him not to take them, but I was not there with him.

Puck has always been my friend even though we were twins, his real name is pollux but we called him Puck because of the fact he did not give a fuck and because of the fact he was mischevious like Puck from a midsummer's night dream. Oh and you cannot forget it was the first role he ever had in a school play, and strangely it stuck. I am still not sure why.

I have always envied Puck and his ability of making everything positive and smiling his way through life, he had everything I could wish for, friends, happiness and talent. Later in life he has even more to be envious of, he was viewed as the best agent of the orginization while I had exactely the same score, the only difference between us was that he was reckless or perhaps it was the fact that he actually knew how to use his power. I do not even know if I have one, they think I might be normal because we were twins. So.....little castor is simply left with being normal, like always, I have always been so utterly mundane. But my brother he will always make me feel special.

I smile at him as I enter the locker-room. "What mission are we doing today?" "I am not quite sure. But I think it is in the headquarters of the Ferrum organisation, they say they're hiding and training young spirituals to do their bidding." He chuckles, "Can you imagine? A spiritiual being trained by mundanes to train other spirituals?" I chuckle bitterly and shake my head while grabbing my backpack. "Let's wait for the intel to draw any conclusions Puck." He chuckles and ties the laces of his formal shoes. "It's more fun to speculate, especially when you are almost always right" He snickers while prying his finger in my shoulder. I shake my head and smile. "You are stupid." I say with a faint smirk. "HA! that was a lie I saw it!" I shake my head "You cannot fool you" "That's one of the best things of being a human lie detector" He says with a smile.

I sigh as we walk through the big hall to the head office of the orginization. (It has no name so you cannot reveal it.) We walk beside eachother, everything about us is identical except our attitude, he has a straight back at all times, the best posture you've ever seen and his nose is always high in arrogance and self-assurance, he knows who he is and what he can do. His short black hair is a bit messier than mine but it is exactely the same length, his right eye is blue and his left one is black for me it's the other way around, we are mirror twins, his organs are technically on the wrong side. But his attitude is so proud, so sure of himself, I wish I was like that. I walk rather slumped and to hide parts of myself, I am incredibly self-consious and shy. But with him by my side it's not that bad.

"Well, let's get our mission right Cas....." I take a deep breath and look at him. "Indeed puck." We enter the big office.

"I TOLD YOU I'D BE RIGHT!" he says while he excitedly skips through the hallway. I shake my head and look at the tall ceiling of the white hallways. "Yeah you were right." "So, how are we going to do this?" "Like normally, we have our team and when we leave the building you erase the memory of them so they don't remember the Ferrum organisation, or the way they've been tortured." He nods and grabs his suit from the locker. The semi tight leather suits are padded and protected by technology. I put on my helmet and look as puck, we walk towards our team of eight agents, four spirituals and four mundanes. "Get your motorbikes and we shall go." The voice of puck through our earphone is heard.

"Have you seen the adress?" I ask as I step onto the levitating motorbike and look at him. "I have seen it, it is in the middle of our old neighbourhood...." He says. "I think it's that black highrise that was being built when we went to boarding school?" I nod, we have never been back home after the boarding school, mum and dad are high in the ferrum organisation, they do not want spirituals. I know Puck misses them but he doesn't dare to say it. He tucks in the emerald pendant of his necklace into his suit and begins to ride.

We have our guns ready to shoot as we quietly walk through the building. "Everything clear." We hear through our earphones "At the end of the hallway we need to go right, if everything is right we shall find them there." The newbie at the front feels unsteady as I hold his shoulder to make sure we are walking in a good tempo. "Don't be nervous." I whisper to him as we walk inside of the room the spirituals should be. I feel a smile dawning on my face as I see several children with emaciated faces sitting there. The newbie lowers his gun and steps towards them. "WAIT!"

The time seems to slow down as I see the newbie teping through a laser and my brother running towards him and throwing back only for him to be blasted away by a small bomb. I swear I hear a crack as he falls on the ground, but he doesnt wait a minute. I the right side of his helmet is damaged, a damage that shouldn't be possible. "It's a trap!! GET THEM OUT OF HERE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE, and all newbies get yourselves out of here!" He grabs two children and begins to run out of the building, as soon as he has descended the stairs he orders the children to run out of the building and all the other agents need to be out of the building before he is. "Where is agent jeanne?" He asks. "The one that set it off?" I ask and frown. "I think he cannot walk properly, shrapnel I think." "SHit." he hisses as he runs back up the stairs. "YOU! GET OUTSIDE." "PUCK YOU'RE INSANE!" "GET OUT THAT'S AN ORDER AGENT ZILBERSCHLAG!" he screams at me. I look horrified as he runs into the flames and explosions and I run out of them.

I look at the black opening of the building. "We need to go! They're coming!" I shake my head, "Wait, he will be here." The agent grabs my collar "I do not care that he is your brother! We need to go!!" "LOOK!" He emerges from the building with the other agent on his shoulder I run towards him as he puts the agent down. "You're okay." He is breathing heavily. "I need to get this helmet off" He screams in utter panic. He yanks off the helmet and I am shocked by the sight of his face, I can only see his black eye, the other one isn't recognisable, his skin has been burned off and I think I can see his brains. I grab his cheek. "You'll be fine! I am sure you will." He shakes his head. "I am not...." He feels tears streaming down his cheek. "You should forget about this...." He says while putting his finger on my temple "Please please please! DO not erase my memory!!" I beg through my tears. "I'm sorry." He wants to kiss my forehead but time stops.... I look up. The whole world has stopped. I look at my brother who doesn't move, who will die in a matter of moments. I can stop time.... I could've saved him. I should've saved him! I wish I could save him. I hug him when I notice his emerald pendant and remember the fact that if you have an object from that person sometimes you won't forget them. I tenderly grab the necklace and put it in my pocket.

Time begins again and flames engulf the building. He smiles and toches my temples before grabbing my pistol and putting it in his mouth and pulling the trigger. I blink my eyes for a moment, I feel hollow, but I cannot understand why. I turn around and walk away.

"Well, I am sure you'll be a great captain now that you're a spiritual. Just like your brother!" agent Silberschlag says. "What brother?" I say with a chuckle. He smiles and nods. I take off my suit when a pendant falls out of it. I look at it and frown......my brain faintly remembers one thing Puck......I smile. I will find out more about you Puck.